Top 7 King Crimson Albums - Progressive Rock Music Forum

I can't take part in this as I can't place KC's seven first in any kind of preferred order. I engage and immerse myself in whichever one of those I'm listening to, and it's always something special.

-For "fun", I can place them in order of most listened to KC album - to least: In the Court of the Crimson King, Red, Lizard, Islands, In the Wake of Poseidon, Starless and Bible Black, Larks Tongue in Aspic - maybe that counts for something. I don't know. It's almost the same order as I achieved them:)

-These are followed by their 1980's comeback albums - and Discipline would be my 8th. I don't connect the same way with the rest of what I've tried. And it hasn't really helped seeing later material performed live. I feel like I'm on the outside of the music, while with early KC, I'm always on the inside.

Top 7 update after three more rounds of voting:-

1. Red (196 points)

2. In the Court of the Crimson King (194 points)

3. Larks' Tongues in Aspic (154 points)

4. Lizard (105 points)

5. Starless & Bible Black (76 points)

6. In the Wake of Poseidon (70 points)

7. Discipline (58 points)

8. Islands (46 points)

9. The Power to Believe (23 points)

The Red album takes the lead for the first time. Geek

I think this thread was in play before I returned to PA... I tend to have difficulty putting these into a definitive order tbh, but here goes:

1) Lizard

2) ItCotCK

3) Red

4) Lark's

5) ItWoP

6) Islands

7) Starless

Music has always been a matter of energy to me. On some nights I believe that a car with the needle on empty can run 50 more miles if you have the right music very loud on the radio. Hunter S Thompson

Oh ! I never answered to this one.
1.LTIA
2.Red
3.S&BB
4.Poseidon
5.ItCotCK
6.USA
7.Lizard

Edited by mellotronwave - August 15 2024 at 15:42

1) Red
2) Larks Tongues in the Aspic
3) Starless and Bible Black
4) In the Court of the Crimson King
5) Discipline
6) Three of a Perfect Pair
7) Thrak

The first four I quite like. Red and Larks are among my favorite albums. The rest of the Crimson catalog is somewhat like Zappa. I appreciate it more than I really like it.

Top 7 update after six more rounds of voting:-

1. In the Court of the Crimson King (229 points)

2. Red (228 points)

3. Larks' Tongues in Aspic (192 points)

4. Lizard (130 points)

5. Starless & Bible Black (109 points)

6. In the Wake of Poseidon (88 points)

7. Discipline (61 points)

8. Islands (49 points)

9. The Power to Believe (25 points)

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Edited by Psychedelic Paul - August 17 2024 at 17:30

Top 7 update with Formentera Lady's votes added:-

1. Red (240 points)

2. In the Court of the Crimson King (231 points)

3. Larks' Tongues in Aspic (198 points)

4. Lizard (138 points)

5. Starless & Bible Black (113 points)

6. In the Wake of Poseidon (88 points)

7. Discipline (64 points)

8. Islands (50 points)

9. The Power to Believe (25 points)

Formentera Lady wrote:

I can't believe I haven't responded to this thread, yet. So:

1. Red

2. Lizard

3. Larks' Tongues in Aspic

4. Starless And Bible Black

5. Discipline

6. In the Court of the Crimson King

7. Islands

I've been going back on Floyd and Crimson recently. I ended up loweering my ratings a bit for three Floyd albums.

WYWH: 100 - 95

Animals: 97 - 93

Meddle: 95 - 93.5

Still have to go back to Piper. For King Crimson, it's a little different.

Discipline: 97 - 98

Starless: 96 - 96, the same

Islands: 85 - 100

Ironically, you're number 1 is still my number 1, but your avatar and number 7 became my number 2.

1. Red

2. Islands

3. Discipline

4. In the Court

5. Starless and Bible Black

6. Lizard

7. Larks' Tongues in Aspic

I feel like this was the album In the Court wanted to be in a way. It was a brilliantly written album, but the immediate shift from 21st Century Schizoid Man's hard-hitting jazz to an entire album of softer more folk-oriented tracks was a little disappointing, considering the opener is the best song. This issue is fixed on the more balanced but just as beautiful Islands.

Counting live albums:

1. Live in CHicago

2. Red

3. Islands

4. Absent Lovers

5. Discipline

6. USA

7. In the Court

Paul, thanks for your work on this, amazing!!

My results are as follows:

In the Court of the Crimson King (12 points)

Larks' Tongues in Aspic (2 points)

Starless & Bible Black (1 point)

Red (6 points)

Discipline

Beat

Thrak

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